After suffering defeat against Grayscale in court, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is faced with a difficult decision on how to handle the wave of Bitcoin spot ETF applications knocking on its door. The agency need not approve the applications, however: instead, it may choose to rescind prior approval of the nation’s Bitcoin futures...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has slid back to the $26,000 price level, where it was before a U.S. court ruled in favor of digital asset management company Grayscale Investments in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Crypto analytics firm Santiment noted that on-chain data shows that the digital asset has retraced its steps after...Read More
A few days ago, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled in favor of digital asset management company Grayscale Investments in its lawsuit against the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The court ordered the agency to review its rejection of Grayscale’s application to turn its flagship Grayscale Bitcoin Trust fund (GBTC) into...Read More
Grayscale wrote a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday calling for the agency to simultaneously approve any qualifying Bitcoin spot ETF applications, so as to not “pick winners and losers.” However, the firm also argued that Coinbase shouldn’t qualify as a surveillance partner to launch such a product, under the...Read More
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest revealed some interesting details on its portfolio in the second quarter of 2023. The latest report suggested that Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) stood out as one of the top-performing assets within the investment firm’s portfolio. However, when it comes to asset allocation, GBTC trailed behind Coinbase at ARKW. GBTC Tops Chart...Read More
Grayscale, the owner of the world’s largest Bitcoin fund, has grown even more frustrated with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) after the regulator approved a leveraged Bitcoin futures ETF last month. The firm has taken its complaint to the court, arguing that the approval strengthens its case that the SEC’s denial of its...Read More
The first Bitcoin ETF application was filed way back in 2013 by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. However, the US regulators have not approved any such application to date. But now, they are seemingly under tremendous pressure, with some of the biggest players in traditional finance throwing their hats in the ring. Race for BTC ETF...Read More
The company behind the world’s largest Bitcoin fund has a 70% chance of overcoming the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in a major crypto industry lawsuit, according to Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Legal Analyst Elliot Z. Stein. Given the circumstances, the firm’s analysts assign a 50% likelihood to a Bitcoin spot ETF being approved in...Read More
The latest in a series of scuffles with crypto-related companies, the SEC has now spoken out about Filecoin (FIL), warning Grayscale that these tokens qualify as securities. As a result, the crypto manager – who is part of the Digital Currency Group (DCG) – was asked to retract the Form 10 request submitted for the...Read More
Cryptocurrency asset manager Grayscale Investments announced the launch of The Grayscale Funds Trust. The new entity will allow the firm to manage many of its publicly traded financial products in-house. Bullish on Crypto’s Future In addition, Grayscale has filed a registration statement with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for three new crypto-focused...Read More
After Grayscale presented its first oral arguments in its lawsuit with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Tuesday, CEO Michael Sonnenshein walked away feeling “very encouraged.” The executive spoke on Wednesday about the crux of Grayscale’s argument and why the SEC’s refusal to approve a Bitcoin spot ETF is “arbitrary and capricious.” The Relationship...Read More
Grayscale and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have presented their first oral arguments in court regarding the approval/ denial of a Bitcoin a spot ETF product in the United States. During the hearing, judges pressed the SEC on its justification for simultaneously approving multiple Bitcoin Futures ETFs, while denying an equivalent spot ETF. Spot...Read More
At the center of the Grayscale-SEC drama is Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) – the world’s largest Bitcoin fund – which has for two years been trading at a steep discount to the crypto-asset it holds. This has caused much pain in the market. But on the days leading up to the much-anticipated fight, the GBTC...Read More
Alameda Research – sister trading firm to the now bankrupt FTX exchange – is suing the world’s largest Bitcoin fund on behalf of FTX’s debtors and affiliates. The company demands that Grayscale permit redemptions on its Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts, which could cumulatively unlock over $9 billion for the trust’s shareholders. Grayscale’s Bitcoin Stash Per...Read More
The world’s largest digital asset manager – Grayscale – will reportedly present its arguments in court regarding the potential launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the US on March 7. The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will argue against this. The Lawsuit is Approaching Grayscale has displayed its intentions to introduce an exchange-traded...Read More
On Jan. 10, DCG CEO Barry Silbert reflected on the state of the crypto industry and the increasing waves of speculation about his firm in the wake of the FTX fallout and contagion. Silbert acknowledged that 2022 was a tough year and DCG and its subsidiaries were not immune to the effects of the present...Read More
According to a Jan. 5 report by the WSJ citing ‘people familiar with the matter,’ Genesis is mulling a bankruptcy filing and has let around 30% of its staff go. The layoffs were across several departments leaving the firm with 145 employees remaining. Genesis has tapped investment bank and financial advisory firm Moelis & Co....Read More
The Grayscale Ethereum Trust (ETHE) has fallen to a record discount of -60% as fears over liquidations mount. The discount to net asset value (NAV) had been between -25% and -35% up until early November when FTX collapsed. It has since plummeted to its lowest-ever level this week. The Ethereum Trust is the firm’s second-largest,...Read More
Grayscale may consider a 20% tender offer on GBTC shares if its bid to convert into a Bitcoin spot ETF ultimately fails, said CEO Michael Sonnenshein to investors on Monday. In an interview on the same day, the executive also commented on the FTX’s collapse, the crypto bear market, and the state of Binance. Shoring...Read More
An independent analyst has confirmed that GBTC owns approximately 633,000 Bitcoin held by its custodian – Coinbase Custody. This comes as Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, revealed that it won’t share its proof of reserves with customers. According to the analyst, there could be two reasons explaining Grayscale’s reluctance. One,...Read More
The cryptocurrency industry was built on top of one slogan: “don’t trust, verify.” But Grayscale is different from the rest of the cryptocurrency-related businesses. In a recent Twitter thread pondering the need for transparency in the industry after the collapse of FTX, Grayscale attempted to calm its investors’ fears, assuring them that the regulations that...Read More
Ark Invest – the technology-focused investment firm founded by Cathie Wood – has aped into Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) after the world-leading digital asset fund marked another record-low discount last week. Ark Investment Management bought 315,000 GBTC shares worth roughly $2.8 million on Monday for its ARK Next Generation Internet exchange-traded fund (ARKW). Ark’s purchase...Read More
A recent Grayscale-backed study suggests more than half of Americans agree that “cryptocurrencies are the future of finance.” The sentiment appears to span across the political aisle, as both 59% of Democrats and 53% of Republicans agree with the statement. Who Loves Crypto? The study, conducted by The Harris Poll on Grayscale’s behalf, surveyed over...Read More
Grayscale’s lawsuit against the SEC has started gaining traction as prominent names from the crypto industry rallied behind the asset manager. The latest one to chime in is Coinbase. The cryptocurrency exchange has filed an amicus brief backing Grayscale Investment’s lawsuit against the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for disapproving the company’s proposal...Read More
It has been a dull weekend for Bitcoin struggling to clear the $20,000 resistance zone. Further indicating a potential case of dwindling institutional interest in the flagship cryptocurrency is the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) discount registering a new record high. It was currently trading at a 36.7% discount against BTC spot prices, setting the largest...Read More
Grayscale stated that the SEC’s application of its “significant market test” is deeply flawed and does not protect investors against potential fraud and manipulation in the underlying BTC markets. The SEC is notorious for turning down dozens of spot Bitcoin ETF applications over the past several years from major players including WisdomTree and Ark21Shares. Grayscale,...Read More
Grayscale – the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset manager – has announced a new investment product providing exposure to Bitcoin mining hardware. The fund will raise money for buying Bitcoin ASIC machines, which will be operated by Foundry Digital to mine and sell Bitcoin on behalf of investors. Grayscale’s Strategic Mining Play According to Grayscale’s website,...Read More
Shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) have never been cheaper relative to the value of the company’s underlying Bitcoin holdings. The GBTC discount has gone below 35% again for the first time since June. While the company’s holdings per share are worth $17.27, the market value of each share is only $11.18. Figures for...Read More
Grayscale – one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency asset managers – may be readying a cash-airdrop for holders of its Ethereum Trust and Digital Large Cap Fund. The cash grant represents the value of ETHPoW (ETHW) tokens that Grayscale investors are entitled to following the network fork, according to a company filing with the SEC...Read More
In its latest Insight report, the world’s largest digital asset manager, Grayscale Investments, compared the current bear market with other market cycles in crypto history to predict when the next bull run could arrive. The Crypto Market Cycles Grayscale noted that, like traditional markets, the cryptocurrency space is cyclical, and the industry is currently experiencing...Read More
